/// search captures, promotions and some checks) and about how important good
/// move ordering is at the current node.
-MovePicker::MovePicker(const Position& p, Move ttm, Depth d, const HistoryStats& h, Move* cm,
- Search::Stack* s, Value beta) : pos(p), history(h), depth(d) {
+MovePicker::MovePicker(const Position& p, Move ttm, Depth d, const HistoryStats& h,
+ Move* cm, Search::Stack* s) : pos(p), history(h), depth(d) {
assert(d > DEPTH_ZERO);
- captureThreshold = 0;
cur = end = moves;
endBadCaptures = moves + MAX_MOVES - 1;
countermoves = cm;
stage = EVASION;
else
- {
stage = MAIN_SEARCH;
- // Consider sligtly negative captures as good if at low depth and far from beta
- if (ss->staticEval < beta - PawnValueMg && d < 3 * ONE_PLY)
- captureThreshold = -PawnValueMg;
-
- // Consider negative captures as good if still enough to reach beta
- else if (ss->staticEval > beta)
- captureThreshold = beta - ss->staticEval;
- }
-
ttMove = (ttm && pos.is_pseudo_legal(ttm) ? ttm : MOVE_NONE);
end += (ttMove != MOVE_NONE);
}
move = pick_best(cur++, end)->move;
if (move != ttMove)
{
- assert(captureThreshold <= 0); // Otherwise we cannot use see_sign()
-
- if (pos.see_sign(move) >= captureThreshold)
+ if (pos.see_sign(move) >= 0)
return move;
// Losing capture, move it to the tail of the array
public:
MovePicker(const Position&, Move, Depth, const HistoryStats&, Square);
MovePicker(const Position&, Move, const HistoryStats&, PieceType);
- MovePicker(const Position&, Move, Depth, const HistoryStats&, Move*, Search::Stack*, Value);
+ MovePicker(const Position&, Move, Depth, const HistoryStats&, Move*, Search::Stack*);
template<bool SpNode> Move next_move();
Move countermoves[] = { Countermoves[pos.piece_on(prevMoveSq)][prevMoveSq].first,
Countermoves[pos.piece_on(prevMoveSq)][prevMoveSq].second };
- MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, History, countermoves, ss, PvNode ? -VALUE_INFINITE : beta);
+ MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, History, countermoves, ss);
CheckInfo ci(pos);
value = bestValue; // Workaround a bogus 'uninitialized' warning under gcc
singularExtensionNode = !RootNode